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Season Premiere: Sherlock (TV One, 8.30) A case of blackmail threatens to topple the monarchy itself, but the treachery goes even deeper as Holmes and Watson battle international terrorism, rogue CIA agents, and a secret conspiracy involving the British government. “Sherlock is back on our screens and this time it’s even sexier than before,” The Independent said. “Especially, for [...]

SoHo Highlights: Girls/Veep (Sky 10, 8.30/9.00, 5.1) New girl power double-bill that should delight fans of hits as diverse as Sex & the City and The Thick Of It. Girls concerns four young New Yorkers who are lower down the the socio-economic scale than Carrie and co but confronting the same dating and identity issues. As creator and star Lena Dunham told Time magazine about [...]

Series Highlight: Sons of Anarchy (TV3, 9.30, 5.1) In the penultimate episode of season four, Jax is confronted with a new challenge that threatens his family and his club. ”There are a lot of big scenes here, and a few that have been building since the very start of the series, but the pay-off hasn’t quite hit,” the AV Club [...]

SoHo Highlight: Five Days (Sky 10, 8.30) In the penultimate episode, it’s day 37: A young woman is arrested — could she be baby Michael’s mother? Laurie and Mal try to identify the body on the tracks; and train driver Pat is visited by a witness to the incident. Screenwriter Gwyneth Hughes’ latest drama for the BBC is [...]

SoHo Highlight: Game of Thrones (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) The Baratheon rivalry ends; Tyrion learns of Cersei’s secret weapon; Dany suffers a loss; Arya collects a debt she didn’t know was owed; Jon and the Night’s Watch man an ancient fortress and meet a legend. The Daily Telegraph thought this a “classic mid-series episode” with the emphasis [...]

 SoHo Highlight: Mad Men (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) While Lane needs help closing with a potential new client, Pete begins to crack under the pressure of both his home life and work life. The Daily Telegraph said this episode, which cast member John Slatterly (Roger Sterling) directed, was “built around the slowly unravelling life of Pete Campbell and [...]

Network Movie Premiere: An Education (TV One, 8.30, 5.1) Kiwi Finola Dwyer (Dean Spanley) co-produced this best-picture contender that also was Oscar-nominated for best actress (Carey Mulligan) and adapted screenplay (About a Boy’s Nick Hornby). It’s Mulligan’s extraordinary performance that anchors Hornby’s captivating but not always convincing cautionary coming-of-age tale. She plays a wilful, middle-class teenager suffocating in [...]

SoHo Highlight: Top Boy (Sky 10, 8.30) Season finale: Dushane’s loyalty to his accomplice and best friend, Sully, is tested; Heather goes into labour; Lisa, distraught and desperate, is left to rely on Leon to prevent certain tragedy. The Independent called part four “so tense that there were times when it was hard to watch. Ronan Bennett’s [...]

SoHo Highlight: The Killing (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) With episode three, ”the show dives back full force into the investigation instead of playing catch-up for the viewers who either forgot what happened or quit watching because they were tired of the cheap tricks,” Paste magazine said. ”The most pleasing aspect about the episode was that there was no major [...]

 Series HD Premiere: Yellowstone (TV One, 8.30) America’s best idea – creating the world’s first national park, Yellowstone – turns out to be one of the best the BBC’s had for a natural history series. Yellowstone’s mix of breathtaking high-definition photography and intelligent, thought-provoking storytelling, revolving around the impact of winter, summer and autumn on the volcanic [...]